You can't let sleeping fawns lie

posted by Rebecca Alstadt-Jim McLaren
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3 years ago

It was chilly at six o'clock Monday morning, so the gravel between the WES Commuter tracks at the rail facility in Wilsonville were probably warm and comfortable for a fawn that laid down to take a nap.

But being on train tracks can be hazardous to a fawn's health. so, maintenance technician Ed Whitaker moved in, wrapped the sleeping deer in a blanket and carried it off the tracks. That's when the Bambi woke up, jumped from its rescuers arms and scampered through a fence and trotted to meet mom in a nearby field.